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Kayapó Puzzle

Do you have linguistic skills? Try your hand at this little puzzle! It is very simple. There are four sample Kayapó sentences, each with an English translation. Below, there are 6 sentences, 4 in Kayapó and 2 in English. You figure out what is missing!

The answers follow at the bottom of this page. Don't cheat!

 

Examples

    Imã kinh.           I like it.

   Amã kinh.          You like it.

   Imã bày kinh.     I like corn.

   Tyrti’ã dja.         He stepped on the banana.

 

Exercises

    1. Amã bày djành.                You find ________ delicious.

    2. Imã tyrti djành.                  __________________________.

    3. Djãm amã tyrti djành?       Do you _______________?

    4. Imã tyrti djành kêt.             I don’t ____________________.

    5. I don’t like corn.               ______________________.

    6. Did he step on the corn?   __________________________?

 

Answers

  1. You find corn delicious.
  2. I find bananas delicious.
  3. Do you find bananas delicious?
  4. I don’t find bananas delicious.
  5. Imã bày kinh kêt.
  6. Djãm bày’ã dja?

 

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